Key result
Heart Centers for Women help reverse female CVD mortality excess, but persistent disparities demand expanded care models.
Why the study?
Despite increased awareness of CVD in women and sex- and gender-specific research requirements, not all women have benefitted equally in mortality reduction, requiring new strategies to address disparities and expand the Heart Centers for Women model.
Heart Centers for Women have played a crucial role in reducing CVD mortality in women, but expanded models are needed to address ongoing disparities.
Ongoing disparities in women's CVD mortality support expanded Heart Centers for Women models; leaves open optimal strategies for equitable impact.
Heart Centers for Women (HCW) developed as a response to the need for improved outcomes for women with cardiovascular disease (CVD). From 1984 until 2012, more women died of CVD every single year in comparison with men. Initially, there was limited awareness and sex-specific research regarding mortality or outcomes in women. HCW played an active role in addressing these disparities, provided focused care for women, and contributed to improvements in these gaps. In 2014 and 2015, death from CVD in women had declined below the level of death from CVD in comparison with men. Even though awareness of CVD in women has increased among the public and healthcare providers and both sex- and gender-specific research is currently required in all research trials, not all women have benefitted equally in mortality reduction. New strategies for HCW need to be developed to address these disparities and expand the current HCW model. The HCW care team needs to direct academic curricula on sex- and gender-specific research and care; expand to include other healthcare professionals and other subspecialties; provide new care models; address diversity; and include more male providers.
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Lundberg et al. (2018) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease in women. Heart Centers for Women (HCW) care model was evaluated. Heart Centers for Women helped reduce female CVD deaths below male levels in 2014-2015 after exceeding them from 1984-2012, though disparities persist requiring expanded care models.
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